Gustav-Adolf-Church (Affolterbach)

The Gustav-Adolf-Kirche is a listed church building in Affolterbach , a district of Wald-Michelbach in the Bergstrasse district ( Hesse ). The Evangelical Reformed parish was founded in 1907.

Gustav-Adolf-Kirche Affolterbach

History and architecture

The blue church portal

The war memorial in front of the church

A first church building was mentioned in 1568 and designated as derelict in 1707. The Art Nouveau building was built from 1905 to 1907 according to plans by Friedrich Pützer . The hall building rises above a cross-shaped floor plan , the tower is inserted asymmetrically. The altar stands free, the pulpit is in front of the rear wall of the altar and the organ gallery is built above it. The organ was built in 1907 by the Link Brothers organ building company. The building is fenced and accessed through an entrance gate. In 1962, the original spatial impression was destroyed as part of a purification. During renovation work on the outer building from 1995 to 1996 and the restoration of the interior from 1999 to 2001, the original wood-sightedness of the furnishings was restored with colored ornaments in the Art Nouveau style.

literature

• Georg Dehio , edited by Folkhard Cremer, Tobias Michael Wolf and others Handbook of German Art Monuments , Hessen 1, Gießen and Kassel administrative districts . Deutscher Kunstverlag , 2008 ISBN 978-3-422-03092-3
• Festschrift for the 75th anniversary of the construction of the Gustav Adolf Church in Affolterbach in the Odenwald. Edited by the Evangelical Parish Office Affolterbach. Paperback - 1982

Web links

Commons : Gustav-Adolf-Kirche (Affolterbach)  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Pages of the Protestant parish

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Church planting
2. ↑ Reference to a first church
3. ^ Dehio, Georg Edited by Folkhard Cramer and others: Handbook of German Art Monuments, Hesse II, the Darmstadt administrative region. Deutscher Kunstverlag 2008 ISBN 978-3-422-03117-3 page 2
4. ↑ renovation
5. ^ Dehio, Georg , edited by Folkhard Cremer, Tobias Michael Wolf and others Handbuch der deutschen Kunstdenkmäler, Hessen 1, administrative districts Gießen and Kassel . Deutscher Kunstverlag , 2008 ISBN 978-3-422-03092-3 page 2

Coordinates: 49 ° 35 '52.6 "  N , 8 ° 51' 16.2"  E